Improvement in over gaiter-shoes



T.l R. EVANS'.

Imprvement in Dyer Gaiter Shoes.A

Witnesses" WM UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE;

THOMAS R. EVANS7 OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN OVER GAiTER-SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,862, dated October 1, 1872.

i the over gaiter-shoe for which Letters Patent 'No. 113,149 were granted to me on the 28th day of March, 1871; and I accomplish this object, first, by perforating that portion of the vamp or tongue A of the shoe which is concealed beneath the loose, gaiter-flap B with a number of holes, a, as best observed in Figure l; and, second, by securing a loose gaiter-flap to the rear portion of the body D of the shoe by rubber-cloth gussets E, as plainly shown in Fig. 2. w i

Air can` gain access to thefperforations a beneath the loose gaiter-ilap, and can pass thence to the interior of thel shoe for the purpose of Ventilating the same; and the said perforations also render the vamp very pliable and self-accommodating to the instep.

By adopting the rubber-cloth gussets E for the gaiter-ilap, the usual buttons or laces may be dispensed with, and the said flap is rendered self-accommodating'with the perforated vamp to the shape of the instep and movements of the foot.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, substantially as described, of the perforated tongue or vamp A with the loose gaiter-,ap B.

2. A loose gaiter-ilap secured to the body of a shoe by rubber-cloth gussets E, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two sub,-

scribing Witnesses. Y

lTHOS. R. EVANS.

Witnesses:

WM. A. STEEL, J. SEERBOENE SINGER. 

